Charles lemuel hudler



(No Model.)

0. L. HUDLER.

GATE.

Patented July 16, 1889.

W i zts rlutzzcr UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES LEMUEL HUDLER, OF HERMITAGE, MISSOURI.

G AT E SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 407,010, datedJuly 16, 1889.

Application filed March 30, 1889. Serial No. 305,416. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, CHARLES LEMUEL HUD- LER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Hermitage, in the county of Hickory and State ofMissouri, have invented a new and useful Gate, of which the following isspecification.

The invention relates to improvements on gates of that class which areoperated by a driver or equestrian without dismounting; and it consistsin a certain novel construction and combination of devices, fullydescribed hereinafter in connection with the drawings and specificallypointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a gate embodying myimprovements. Fig. 2 is a central sectional view of the same in the openposition. Fig. 3 is a detail view of one of the angle blocks or levers.

Similar letters denote corresponding parts in all the figures.

A A designate the side posts of the improved gate, which are connectedat their upper ends by the cross-beam B, on the under side of which arearranged the pulleys C. These pulleys are arranged in sets of four, andare mounted in the swiveled pulleybloeks D D,whieh are provided withvertical spindles (Z (7, mounted in suitable bearings in the saidcross-beam. Swinging levers E E are pivoted to the inner sides of thepostsA A, and the gate F is attached rigidly thereto, whereby, when thelevers are inclined in the direction shown in Fig. 2, the gate is raisedto open the way. The opposite ends of the levers are provided withcounterbalaneingweights G G to assist in raising the gate and prevent itfrom falling while the operator is lowering the same.

H represents a spring latch-bar, which is affixed at its center to thecenter of the gate, and projects at its free ends beyond the ends of thegate to engage catches I I on the catchposts K and near their upper andlower ends. These catch-posts are arranged on opposite sides of the gateadjacent to the side posts A, and the catches consist of notches cut inthe ends of horizontal bars in such positions that the projecting endsof the latch-bar may engage therein in the different elevations of thegate. The upper ends of the posts K are also adapted to engage thecatches, and when in this latter position vehicles and other highobstacles may pass under the gate. Sliding bars L L are mounted,respectively, on the 0perating-levers E E, and bear at their front endsagainst the free ends of the latch-bar, whereby when the said bars aremoved longitudinally the latch-bar is disengaged from the catches. Thefree ends of the latch-bar operate in the slotted guides M M on thegate.

N N designate angle blocks or levers, which are pivoted at one angle 11to the levers E E and at the other angle 01 to the sliding bars L L,whereby, when the free ends of the blocks or lovers are elevated, thesliding bars are forced toward the gate and the ends of the latch-barare disengaged. from the catches. The angle blocks or levers N N arearranged between the gate and the pivots e e of the swinging levers, andthe angle blocks or levers N N are arranged between the said pivots andthe counterbalancing-weights, whereby, when the former blocks or leversare drawn upward, the gate will be elevated,and when the latter blocksor levers are drawn upward the gate will be lowered.

Operating-cords O and O are provided, respectively, with the branches 00 and 0 0, the free ends of which are attached, respectively, to thefree ends of the angle blocks or levers N N and N N ,and the saidbranches extend over the pulleys which are arranged above the gate,whereby, when the cord 0 is pulled, the angle blocks or levers N N areoperated, the latch-bar is disengaged, and the gate is elevated, andwhen the cord 0 is pulled the angle blocks or levers NN are operated,the latch-bar is disengaged, and the gate is lowered. The cords O 0extend to one side of the road and are connected to a standard P withinreach of the pedestrians, riders, and drivers, and a similar set ofcords Q, Q, (also provided with branches (1 q and q g, which areconnected to the angle blocks or levers and pass over the said pulleys)is arranged to extend to a corresponding post P on the opposite side ofthe gate. Thus the gate may be opened or closed from either side simplyby drawing upon a cord, and as the gate is counterbalanced it may bereadily opened by a child. The swiveled pulley-blocks accommodatethemselves to the position of the cord which is pulled, therebypreventing chafing.

, Having thus described the invention, I claim 1. The swinging leverscarrying the gate and provided with counterbalancing-weights, incombination with operating-cords provided with branches which pass overguiding-pulleys and are connected at their free ends to the swinginglevers, respectively, on opposite sides of their pivots, substantiallyas and for the purpose specified.

2. The combination of the swinging levers carrying the gate, thelatch-bar projecting at its ends beyond the ends of the gate to engagesuitable catches, the sliding bars connected to the said latch-bar, theangle blocks or levers mounted on the swinging levers and connected tothe sliding bars, and the operating-cords connected to the said blocksor levers, substantially as specified.

3. The combination of the swinging levers mounted on suitable posts andcarrying the gate, the catch-posts provided with suitable catchesarranged on opposite sides of the gate, the sprin g latch-bar projectingat its ends beyond the ends of the gate to engage the said cttches, thesliding bars mounted on the swinging levers and connected to the freeends of the latch-bar, and the angle blocks or levers mounted on theswinging levers, respectively, on opposite sides of their pivots,connected to the sliding bars, whereby the latter are operated, andprovided with operating-cords, substantially as specified.

4. The combination, with the side posts supporting a cross-beam and theswinging levers pivoted to the side posts and carrying the gate, of thepulley-blocks swiveled on the cross-beam, the latch-bar projecting atits ends beyond the ends of the gate to engage suitable catches, thesliding bars connected to the free ends of the latch-bar, the angleblocks or levers connected to the said sliding bars, and theoperating-cords connected to the angle blocks or levers and passingthrough the pulley-blocks, substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto afiixedmy signature in presence of two Witnesses.

CHARLES LEMUEL HUDLER.

\Vitnesses:

WILLIAM MoORAoKEN, WILLIAM W. Hum".

